Martin Luther King

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Gaza’s social media activists are a potent force for change in the fight against racism | Kenneth Mohammed
Do not dismiss the new breed of protesters: they are following in the grand tradition of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Rosa Parks

Kenneth Mohammed

20, Feb, 2024 @7:00 AM

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‘His dream’s been weaponized into his nightmare’: how Martin Luther King Jr’s words have been co-opted
Politicians and celebrities routinely twist the message of the civil rights icon, turning a radical legacy into revisionist history

Andrew Lawrence

15, Jan, 2024 @1:00 PM

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Woman arrested over alleged arson attempt on Martin Luther King home
Woman, 26, charged after witnesses say she poured gasoline on home’s porch in Atlanta before being stopped by off-duty police

Gloria Oladipo

08, Dec, 2023 @3:40 PM

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‘He never hid himself’: the incredible life of gay civil rights leader Bayard Rustin
Netflix’s Oscar-tipped biopic tells the story of an activist whose significant work was often discounted because of his sexuality

David Smith in Washington

21, Nov, 2023 @9:33 AM

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From ‘untouchable’ to architect of India’s constitution: film tells story of Ambedkar
Documentary looks at lasting popularity of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, one of the founders of modern India, who championed the rights of Dalits

Saeed Kamali Dehghan

03, Nov, 2023 @9:00 AM

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Jamaica was never afraid to stand on the side of justice – silence on Gaza shames us
In not speaking out, the government has broken with a proud Caribbean history of condemning human rights violations

Kenneth Mohammed

01, Nov, 2023 @10:00 AM

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Len Chandler obituary
American folk singer and civil rights activist who performed with Bob Dylan, Joan Baez and Pete Seeger

Robin Denselow

22, Oct, 2023 @4:51 PM

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‘Martin Luther King told me I wouldn’t see 50’: the long, momentous life of Clarence B Jones
Jones was 29 when he went to work for the civil rights leader. As King’s friend, adviser and speechwriter, he was at the heart of the attempt to reform the US. Six decades on, he remembers their battles and their triumphs

Oliver Laughland

29, Aug, 2023 @9:00 AM

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March on Washington: the day MLK – and Dylan and Baez – made hope and history rhyme
Sixty years ago, at the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King changed America. But there was more to the day than just his ‘I have a dream’ speech. There was music too

Charles Kaiser

28, Aug, 2023 @6:00 AM

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‘Racism is still with us’: celebration of King’s 1963 speech shadowed by racist attack
Martin Luther King’s family decried the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, the overturning of Roe and gun violence in the US

Ed Pilkington in New York

27, Aug, 2023 @9:26 PM

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‘I witnessed the best of America’: remembering the March on Washington 60 years on
Participants and organisers recall the critical role of women, Harry Belafonte and Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech

David Smith in Washington

26, Aug, 2023 @1:23 PM

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King: The Life of Martin Luther King by Jonathan Eig review – a story that speaks to our times
The author of a monumental biography of Muhammad Ali uses new material to flesh out the civil rights giant

Kenneth W Mack

27, May, 2023 @6:30 AM

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